Violence in Ecuador silences the voice of Diego Gallardo: this is how they remember the singer of Aire del Golfo

This Tuesday, January 9, a stray bullet snuffed out the voice of a musician from Guayaquil Diego Gallardo. His legacy: music, art that connected him with a diverse audience and other artists, domestic and foreign, who, like him, found their best form of expression in musical creativity.

Active since 2016, Gallardo was the mind and voice behind his solo project Gulf Airwho had Guayaquil as the base of his inspiration, leaving lyrics like those on his first single Pitahaya woman.

In light of his sudden and violent departure, several friends and colleagues from the artist union took to social media and shared with their digital communities posts, videos and photos of the moments shared with the interpreter. However, Standing and Pyramid.

“Diego was one of the few boys who was always kind and a super good friend when I was bullied by others. It was Diego who never criticized or mocked me for always singing in class and who, satisfied with life, accompanied me with his beatbox in his free time and from time to time he would talk to me about music. Diego was the first person I asked for industry advice when I was about to release my album. “Diego was one of the people who inspired my path in music, just because he dared to show his art when I was so afraid,” the artist described in her report. Camila Perez, about Gallard, whom he had known since his college days.

The death of Diego Gallardo: who was the musician and composer from Guayaquil?

“Today we lost a genius. Because? Because of violence, because of corruption, because of lack of education, because of lack of opportunities, because of living in a country that is falling apart. We still can’t believe it. What a strange feeling it is when you have so much left to say. That’s the reality. One day in 2018, you told us that you wanted to talk to us and propose something to us. And of course, there was already a great musical admiration for you (…) Diego, every time we met you it was like a beacon of incomparable musical light. “You always had something to share,” the band announced in a lengthy announcement. The invisible iguana.

National artists mourn the death of Diego Gallardo (Aire del Golfo), which occurred during the state of emergency

Singer-songwriter Sergio Vivar also shared a photo with his friend and colleague on his social networks.

“My sister… as you said, thank God for crossing us on this path, thank you for those conversations at that crucial moment in my life, when I was a little lost and didn’t know, but somehow you kept me company during those days and we are recording Pitahaya woman and your first album, a long and arduous process hahaha… we have songs and hours waiting… there is nothing left for me but to accept, and even though I am in shock about your departure, I hope that your life will serve for a change in my country which every day I see more and more screwed up by the normalization of crime and corruption “That really bothered you and that’s what got us to where we are,” his post reads.

“Artists are a force that together can achieve anything. In moments of happiness, they accompany joy; in sorrow, they provide refuge; in anger, they act as a conscience. At the end of the day, they have the ability to transform into a feeling. The passing of Diego Gallardo leaves a wound in the community, because of everything he contributed to music and the times he accompanied those who listened to his art and were a part of his life. Diego, your art will be eternal and everything you left behind will remain intact. You are the feeling that follows us,” he wrote on his Pop Up Teatro Café Instagram profile.

The Casa Marín Cultural Center, a space located in Las Peñas and which served as the artist’s stage several times, also expressed regret over his death. “Thank you for lighting up so many hearts and spaces with your music. May God have you in his glory @airedelgolfo.”

“Music in Guayaquil is in mourning, we will surely miss you. Fly high Aire del Golfo, see you on the way back,” wrote singer Lucas Napolitano.